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EDWIN B. HORN, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS t r Latas Parent No. 60,191,dated December 4, 1866.

sPEOIFCaTION.

Be it known that I, EDWINVB. HORN, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk,in the State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Safes andI do hereby declare that the following is afull and/exact descrip tionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon.

Naf/ure.

The nature of my invention consists in a peculiar methodof constructionof 'a safe, so asto make the same cheap, compact, tire and burglarproof. It consists essentially of a circular or' prismatic chamber, soconstructed as to revolve freely, whenrnot locked, within an outercasing; said outer casing being made in any convenient shape and of anysuitable material. To enable others skilled in the art to make and usemy invention, I will proceed to describe its use and construction,`

Drawings. Figure 1 is a perspective view` of my safe showing both doorsopen. Figure 2 is a vertical section of the same;

Figure 3 is a horizontal section showing both doors open.

Figure 4 is a horizontal section showing both doors closed. p

Before entering upon a general description `of my safe, it may bewell tosay that it may be constructed in any convenient or desirable form thattheprincipleinvolved will admit of. I will now describe, by use of thedrawings, one mode of constructing my improved safe. i

I make of'. iron or steel an outside case, A, the joints of which are`riveted or bolted together in the usual manner. Attached to thisoutside case are three pedestals, E E E, into which small truckwvheels,wlw w, iig. 2, are hung; the object of these wheels is simply to makethe safe more convenientlyhmovable. Upon the outer casing a strong door,D, is hung; this door is secured by a lock, L. The locks of this safemay be of any good pattern now in use, .but should be varied, inasmuch,as they are usually'enclosed in tight; casings, so that powderintroduced into the key-hole, lodges in the lock, and when explodeddestroys the lock. I require locks with open-work eases,`so that powdercannot'find a lodgement in them. The lower end of the outside case has I`a series of holes made through it, as shown at h, fig. 2, and bytheblack dots in figs, 3 and 4 the object of these )e perfor-ations islto prevent the lodgement of any' explosive material within the safe,cryin case such a lodgemcnt is effected by any means, to oier a freevent in case of explosion. Within the outer casing 'I construct thecase, B, this case is arranged 'either on pivots, C C', asA shown indrawing, cr upon some system of rollers, so that it shall be free toturn arountlwithin the outercasing; either one or both of the casingsshould bere proof.` The 'inner case, B, has a door, Df, and a lock, L',similar to .the door-and lock of the outer case. Attached to the insideof the outen casing is a lock, L to the 'outside of the innercaseisattached a strip of iron or steel plate, H, figs. 3 and 4,'runningvertically the who-le length of the case this plate or wing,` H, isriveted firmly to the inside case. .'nlhelwing, H, does not come incontact with the face of the lo'clgL, but is a short distance from it,so that if powder is put through the hey-hole it will not enter thelock, but fall betweenthe cases and through the perfocations to thedoor. AttachedV to the outside of the inner casing is a loop, M, {igsfand 4, through v.which the bolt of the lock, L, passes, thus locking theinner to the outer casing. Lotus suppose the safe to be open, as shownin tig. 1; to lock it we proceed as follows the door D is, closed andlocked,`then the inner ease, B, is revolved in the direction indicatedby the arrow, iig. 3, until it takes the position indicated in fig. 4, llin which case the wing, H, stands just in `front oi' the lock, L nowthrow out thc bolt of the lock, L, and thc case, B, will become xed inrelation to the outer case; now close and lockthe door, D,`and theoperation is s complete. p i p l' Y e claim.

What I claim as fmy invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is- A1. I claim as an article of manufacture a safe made substantiallyas described. ,A 2. I claim the holes or perforations in the spacebetween the innerrand outer safe, so as to aford an outlet i forexplosive material, substantially as described and for the purpose setforth. i 3. I claim the wing I-I, in combination with the lock L", andthe loop M, substantially as described and for the ypurpose set forth.

r Witnesses: v

WILLIAM EnsoN, HARRY W. Cannon..

EDWIN B. HORN. t

